Remaking the Modern

Remaking the Modern
Author: Farha Ghannam
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2002-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520230469


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An ethnography of a housing project in Cairo, which demonstrates how the modernizing efforts of the Egyptian government runs headlong into the traditional customs of the area's low-income residents. Brings new meaning to the phrase "global and local."


Remaking the Modern
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Farha Ghannam
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-19 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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An ethnography of a housing project in Cairo, which demonstrates how the modernizing efforts of the Egyptian government runs headlong into the traditional custo
Remaking the Modern
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Farha Ghannam
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-19 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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In an effort to restyle Cairo into a global capital that would meet the demands of tourists and investors and to achieve President Anwar Sadat's goal to moderni
The Quest
Language: en
Pages: 834
Authors: Daniel Yergin
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-26 - Publisher: Penguin

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“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” —Wall Street Journal “It is a cause for celebrati
ENIAC in Action
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Thomas Haigh
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-05 - Publisher: MIT Press

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This work explores the conception, design, construction, use, and afterlife of ENIAC, the first general purpose digital electronic computer.
Remaking the American Patient
Language: en
Pages: 560
Authors: Nancy Tomes
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-06 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular--and largely unexamined--idea that in order to get good health care, people must l